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Travis Etienne on RB Impact on Second Year Scheme | 1on1 Interview · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Jaguar's running back Travis et in Junior. A couple of
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  Speaker 1: days in pads, Now, how does the intensity change a
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  Speaker 1: little bit when the pads go on. It felt like
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  Speaker 1: there's a little more, a little extra today, I think
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  Speaker 1: out of this team.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so just the intensity just uh, I feel like
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  Speaker 2: everybody's pissed off of greatness is understanding what it felt
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  Speaker 2: like to be so close get the Super Bowl or
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  Speaker 2: just being the playoffs, just as a young team being
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  Speaker 2: there and just for them that hunger. We just want
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  Speaker 2: to get there again. And we know that there's no
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  Speaker 2: substitution for how it work, and we know that to
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  Speaker 2: get there we have to days like this is going
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  Speaker 2: to help us prepare us forward and so like that's
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  Speaker 2: why you see the intensity, That's why you see everybody
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  Speaker 2: just going full speed and just doing things the right way.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, I just want to help us.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we've heard a lot about the fast starts
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  Speaker 1: or lack thereof last season early in the season, right
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  Speaker 1: you know, uh, even later in the season comeback wins
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  Speaker 1: and all that. But if this team starts faster early
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  Speaker 1: in games, gets that lead going, then things can can
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  Speaker 1: turn out a whole lot better. How do you improve that,
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  Speaker 1: how do you improve faster? Does it start out here
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  Speaker 1: in some way.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, sir, most definitely.
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  Speaker 2: But I also think it just started with the familiar
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  Speaker 2: that formed familiarity of the playbook.
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  Speaker 3: Everybody.
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  Speaker 2: This is everybody's second year in this scheme, so we
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  Speaker 2: know more. We know what to expect. We've done it
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  Speaker 2: millions of times now, and we're not out there just
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  Speaker 2: we're out there and we know what to do. We're
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  Speaker 2: not out there just playing in the scheme for the
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  Speaker 2: first time, trying to get things on tape.
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  Speaker 3: We already have tape.
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  Speaker 2: We know where everybody's want to be to the table,
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  Speaker 2: and we also added calmon.
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  Speaker 3: Really so I feel like, uh.
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  Speaker 2: Just us going out there and being ourselves gonna help
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  Speaker 2: us start fast.
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  Speaker 1: How different of a running back are you now than
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  Speaker 1: you were this time last year? Physically, mentally, the whole deal.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, officially, I feel great. I feel like I
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  Speaker 3: feel great last year.
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  Speaker 2: Physically, I would just say, well, I mean my biggest
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  Speaker 2: leap it is just mentally, uh, and just understanding the little
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  Speaker 2: details of my position, just like me getting my shoulder square.
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  Speaker 2: Just how much that means and uh, just how much
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  Speaker 2: that means it to our offense, and like just to
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  Speaker 2: a linebacker, like he can't take where I'm gonna go,
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  Speaker 2: or he can't get an early guess and where I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna go. So kind of just playing cat and moss
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  Speaker 2: of the lineback and getting my shoulder square. So I
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  Speaker 2: feel like mentally oar toopic heel step and that's going
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  Speaker 2: to and propelled me for it this season.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Tank Biggsy comes in here. There's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of guys who's been around the league as well in
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  Speaker 1: this running back room. But take us through Tank so far.
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  Speaker 1: How do you guys get along? How's the progression for
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  Speaker 1: the rookie?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I love Tank. I love him.
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  Speaker 2: I mean I feel like he's just always asking questions,
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  Speaker 2: and that's what it's really good because a guy like that,
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  Speaker 2: he pushes you to be better. If he's always asking
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  Speaker 2: the questions, he always has my mind wandering, my mind
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  Speaker 2: searching for things so in art so I can be
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  Speaker 2: the best role model for him.
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  Speaker 3: And now I love that. And he's hungry. He got
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  Speaker 3: that fire about him, and that's what I love.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what just running back needed in order to
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  Speaker 2: be to just get to that next level. Whenever I
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  Speaker 2: come out ten goes in, it's no drop off, and
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  Speaker 2: I feel like that's is going to just help us
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  Speaker 2: be the best team.
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  Speaker 3: Went for it.
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  Speaker 1: You talked about the receivers, but you guys in the
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  Speaker 1: passing game too. It's something that really wouldn't utilize a
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  Speaker 1: lot last year, at least in your case. Could that
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  Speaker 1: be something you improve upon as this season goes along.
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  Speaker 1: In the receiving game, all those guys are gonna get
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  Speaker 1: attention running down field.
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  Speaker 2: That leaves you open. Uh yeah, most definitely. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like we're going to continue to be in our spots
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  Speaker 2: and uh and I feel like this is gonna be
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  Speaker 2: a lot better because Trevor's uh is his second year
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  Speaker 2: in Dusk system, so he's gonna get to check down
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  Speaker 2: a lot quicker this year. And uh So we just
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  Speaker 2: want to running back just being in the spot and
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  Speaker 2: being ready to catch the ball whenever it comes our way.
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  Speaker 2: And I feel like that's all we can do is
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  Speaker 2: just be there and when a quarterback needs to just
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  Speaker 2: catch the ball and just get what we can.
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  Speaker 1: Are these the dog days of Camper? Are we still
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  Speaker 1: a little early for the dog days? Yeah? This is
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  Speaker 1: a long way until the first preseason game.
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  Speaker 2: Right it's definitely not the dog days. These are the
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  Speaker 2: beautiful days right here. The dog days are soon to come,
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  Speaker 2: and uh we just have to just can't take these
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  Speaker 2: days for granted because of dog days. Like you said
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  Speaker 2: at dog days, and uh those days you're gonna have
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  Speaker 2: to fight and push through and just uh just win
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  Speaker 2: about it mentally because uh physically you're going to be exhausted.
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  Speaker 2: But it's all about can you can you can you
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  Speaker 2: speak to your body, can your mind control your body?
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  Speaker 3: Can you keep going